Reviews

Exhalation by Ted Chiang

iuliacurtui's review

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.5

ponderit's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

i liked this book, probably around like a 4.2/5! to me it didn’t hit as well as his first set of stories, but i enjoyed many of these the same. my favorites were “exhalation”, “the truth of fact, the truth of feeling”, and “anxiety is the dizziness of feeling”. the only story i didn’t really enjoy was “dacey’s patent automatic nanny”. 

ted chiang has an amazing knack for writing stories with incredible world building in such a short amount of pages—it is truly an art.

bashynx's review

medium-paced

4.75

ciesma's review

emotional inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

saa's review against another edition

informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

msappear's review

challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

I ended up skipping around stories at the end. Seemed like every story had an underlying theme of caretaker and I don't know they just didn't hit for me.

I was so excited to read this one but instead it just put me in a reading slump. 

mikeyt's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

cloudjules's review against another edition

5.0

I didn't think it was possible for me to ever love another short story collection as much as I did Ted Chiang's "The Story of Your Life and Others" but then Ted Chiang struck again. I lack the vocabulary describe how awed I am by this man's mind. Dude's an absolute genius and it's an honor to be alive at the same time as him.

camillesim's review

mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

isanto's review

hopeful inspiring reflective

4.25